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Use of English — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

Are you ready to take on the UNILORIN Post UTME Screening? Challenge yourself and assess your knowledge with this Use of English UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz.

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January 25, 2023

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As a potential student at the University of Ilorin, one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, it is important to understand the requirements and challenges of the admission process.

As you already know, the Use of English is one of the four subjects set for UNILORIN Post UTME Screening every year. These are random questions from the official UNILORIN Post UTME Past Questions and Answers.

The aim of this quiz is to test and challenge your knowledge. Additionally, this quiz will help you revise and practice for the forthcoming 2022/2023 UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening, which qualifies you for admission into the university.

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You will be randomly asked 50 standard UNILORIN Post UTME Questions (Use of English). You are to answer every question within 30 minutes. Are you ready? Click the START button below to begin. Good Luck!!!

NOTE: You can retake this quiz as many times as necessary until you achieve a 100% score.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

1 / 50

1. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) Had a fire acciden

b) made a lot of fire

c) suffered a lot

d) required a lot of fire

2 / 50

2. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) Son

b) short

c) Sun

d) shun

3 / 50

3. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) shallow

b) sea

c) lake

d) well

4 / 50

4. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Finally, I assured him that I would not go back on my word.

a) fail to keep my promise

b) Re-use my word

c) Return to a place

d) return to a certain word when reading

5 / 50

5. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) attack

b) surprise

c) asunder

d) sensible

6 / 50

6. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries

a) condolence messages

b) jocular remarks

c) sad stories

d) Unkind comments

7 / 50

7. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

I meant... a pencil but there was no one... them

a) buying/to sell

b) to buy/selling

c) buying/selling

d) to buy/to sell

8 / 50

8. NEAREST IN MEANING

Our town is so small that we are always meeting our schoolmates accidentally.

a) knocking up

b) Coining across

c) running into

d) falling into

9 / 50

9. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire destroy the village?

b) Did the fire spare any lives?

c) Did the fire destroy some houses?

d) Did the fire destroy any lives?

10 / 50

10. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Paulina arrived late, she... the right route.

a) could not have taking

b) Cannot have taken

c) could not have taken

d) could not had taken

11 / 50

11. Battering involves..............one’s wife

a) beating

b) carrying

c) kissing

d) caring

12 / 50

12. Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

a) Accelerate

b) intimate

c) integral

d) Discourse

13 / 50

13. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

EDUCATION

a) Economics

b) conjectural

c) Duplicity

d) elaborate

14 / 50

14. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun

b) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion.

c) There was no fun because he was not present

d) He was being expected to supply more fun

15 / 50

15. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The discussion became animated.

a) unruly

b) lively

c) Intellectual

d) Specialized

16 / 50

16. Choose the word that has the same
consonant sound(s) as the one
presented by the letter(s)
underlined

Time

a) Debut

b) Water

c) weathe

d) depot

17 / 50

17. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pot

a) word

b) Port

c) Correct

d) what

18 / 50

18. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

a) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems

b) He takes a sickly view of our problems

c) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems

d) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems

19 / 50

19. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture.

a) recalled events from the past

b) Took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory Lane

c) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

d) gave an outline of his lecture

20 / 50

20. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice Principal.

a) They cannot part company

b) They work independently.

c) They dislike each other

d) They like each other

21 / 50

21. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The suit's popularity is beginning to decline

a) Slide

b) Change

c) disappear

d) wane

22 / 50

22. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) modest

b) modern

c) new

d) magnanimous

23 / 50

23. Femi is very Presumptuous whereas his friend is ………..

a) modest

b) kind

c) pompous

d) proud

24 / 50

24. NEAREST IN MEANING

Once I have finished all my homework, I am permitted to watch television.

a) I can watch television at any time.

b) I can only watch television after doing my homework.

c) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television

d) Television comes first then homework second

25 / 50

25. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

HONOUR

a) hotel

b) Humane

c) Human

d) hyena

26 / 50

26. President Jonathan’s speech..............at 9pm yesterday

a) had been broadcast

b) was broadcast

c) had being broadcast

d) was broadcasted

27 / 50

27. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) distinct

b) incorrect

c) Vague

d) Clear

28 / 50

28. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined

Faeces

a) Polices

b) pear

c) Peasant

d) pain

29 / 50

29. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The statement was ambiguous that it had two meanings.

a) Vague

b) Clear

c) Sensible

d) Simple

30 / 50

30. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Mrs. Okoro….. in this school since 1975

a) was teaching

b) Taught

c) teaches

d) is teaching

31 / 50

31. Be careful! We are approaching the crossroads.

a) Look out

b) watch out

c) Look up

d) look in

32 / 50

32. Someone who persists in doing the wrong thing even after he has been punished is said to be………….?

a) Recalcitrant

b) Heady

c) Stubborn

d) Disobedient

33 / 50

33. Identify the word that has stress on the second syllable.

a) understand

b) Always

c) Reproduce

d) result

34 / 50

34. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him a big man

b) The job made him become proud

c) The job is full of hazards

d) The job made him wealthy

35 / 50

35. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The new school is not provided with... for science practical.

a) enough equipments

b) equipment

c) An equipment

d) enough equipment

36 / 50

36. NEAREST IN MEANING

Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass.

a) go into

b) Enter for

c) turn up for

d) Come into

37 / 50

37. Choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one presented by the letter(s) underlined

Baby

a) Dumb

b) plumber

c) Tuber

d) climb

38 / 50

38. Humility is a virtue while ................ can be regarded as a vice

a) pride

b) curiosity

c) proud

d) position

39 / 50

39. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

The student who went home without an exeat has apologized….. his misconduct

a) For

b) at

c) about

d) On

40 / 50

40. Nearest in meaning

The party's gathering was thrown into a state of euphoria after the election result was announced

a) excitement

b) Pleasure

c) Sadness

d) confusion

41 / 50

41. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italic

Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

a) hypertensive

b) Grave

c) nasty

d) Dangerous

42 / 50

42. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) ascent

b) Assent

c) Access

d) accent

43 / 50

43. It is right to say, switch................or put...................the light subject to the type
of light.

a) of/off

b) out/off

c) off/off

d) off/out

44 / 50

44. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: MISERABLE

a) mischief

b) wretched

c) mistake

d) wicked

45 / 50

45. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The man was able to persuade his wilful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her.

a) obscure and odious.

b) Intelligent but arrogant

c) hardworking and intelligent

d) unyielding and obdurate

46 / 50

46. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) profuse

b) sacred

c) stiff

d) beautiful

47 / 50

47. In the questions below, choose the options NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined

The meeting was canceled because of the convocation.

a) phased out

b) called off

c) brought up

d) Broken of

48 / 50

48. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Ship wreck

b) Plane crash

c) Car accident

d) Boat sink

49 / 50

49. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized.

a) The politician's provocative remarks were heavily criticized

b) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

c) The politician's rude remarks were heavily criticized

d) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

50 / 50

50. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) Clear up

b) give up

c) Account for

d) call for

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